Showing posts with label dirt road. Show all posts
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Thursday, July 10, 2025

Photo of a Mormon Settler Covered Wagon Train in Echo Canyon, Utah Territory (1870's)


Photo of a Mormon settler covered wagon train in Echo Canyon, Utah Territory, c. 1870s. A mounted US Army officer is visible in the front of the group at left. A telegraph line is visible in the background. Taken by photographer Charles Carter and originally published as a stereoview.

Source: J. Paul Getty Museum.

 

Thursday, June 12, 2025

Photo of Businesses Along a Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania (1870's)

 

View of businesses along a street in Allentown, Pennsylvania, c. 1870s. Probably taken by photographer W. H. S. Gross. Originally published as a stereoview.

Source: Library of Congress.

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Photo of Settlers and Their Covered Wagons Traveling Through Strawberry Valley, California (1865)

 

"Emigrant Train, Strawberry Valley, going East." Photo of settlers and their covered wagons traveling through Strawberry Valley, California, 1865. An inscription on a rock at right says "J. T. Lee" followed by more partially visible words/letters/symbols. By photography firm Lawrence and Houseworth and originally published as a stereoview. A rare copy of the stereoview in the collection of the New York Public Library has a copyright date of 1865 on it.

Source: Library of Congress. 

 More information: New York Public Library.

Thursday, February 20, 2025

Photo of a Road Near Flying Hills, Pennsylvania (1870's)

View of a road near Flying Hills, Pennsylvania, c. 1870s. Taken by photographer James Cremer and originally published as a stereoview. What is probably Cremer's photography wagon is visible on the left hand side of the road. A bucket is visible next to the right rear wheel.

Source: Library of Congress.

Monday, February 17, 2025

Photo of Two Women Posing in a Horse-Drawn Carriage on the Grounds of Oakland Hall in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (1860's)

 

Portrait of two women posing in a horse-drawn carriage on the grounds of Oakland Hall in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, c. 1860s. Probably taken by an amateur photographer and originally published as a stereoview.

Source: Library of Congress.

Monday, February 3, 2025

Photo of a House With Gatehouse in Front Probably Taken in Washington DC (1863)

 

View of a house with a gatehouse in front of it probably taken in Washington, D.C., c. 1863. Attributed to Titian Ramsay Peale. Originally published as a stereoview.

Source: National Museum of American History.

Saturday, December 29, 2018

Saturday, March 24, 2018

View of People Posing in Front of Shops Along Main Street in Fitchburg, Massachusetts (1867)


View of people posing along Main Street in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1867. By James E. Morse. From the book Fitchburg Past and Present by William Andrew Emerson published in 1903.

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Stereoview of a Group Posing in a Street in Newton, New Jersey (1880)


Stereoview of a group posing in a street in Newton, New Jersey, c. 1880. By Townley's Newton Photo Gallery.

 Source: New York Public Library.

Monday, June 20, 2016